Kate Martin is encouraging her neighbors to do their part in the Old North End. She said it has a lot of trash, but not an inefficient amount of trash cans.

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For the last couple months Martin has been inviting locals to pick up garbage as a community.

She says everyone who participates has found it very rewarding to help out.

"We're fostering a little more awareness of how we can impact the community," Martin said. "How we can help create a safer community. How we can help all of us, even if it's just one of us. Sometimes it's just me picking up trash, I don't care!."

The group meets on the corner of North Street and North Champlain Street the last Sunday over every month at 1 p.m.